This season, Sun Minghui metamorphosed again, playing 40 regular season games for Zhejiang East Sunshine before his injury, averaging 21 points, 10.6 assists and 2.4 steals per game, not only the scoring champion of domestic players in the league (the only domestic player in the top 10 scorers), but also the assist and steal king of the CBA. Why is it not as good as the Xinjiang team Abudu Salamu in the MVP competition and failed to win the regular season MVP?
Judging from personal data alone, Sun Minghui's data is much better than that of Abdul Salamu, and he is also the first domestic player in the CBA to average 20+10 (assists) per game in the season. This season because of the injury only played 40 games, before his injury Guangsha team ranked in the top four of the league, after his injury Guangsha team lost more wins and less was gradually overtaken by the Guangdong team, although Hu Jinqiu also has an average of 20+ ability per game, but compared to Sun Minghui, his ability to lead the team is not so strong, and it is difficult to lead the team to win, Sun Minghui's core position in Guangsha is irreplaceable, even far beyond Zhao Jiwei of the Liaoning team, Hu Mingxuan or Zhou Qi of the Guangdong team, etc.
According to the announcement issued by the official CBA league (China Basketball Federation) on November 27 last year, the selection of the most valuable player in the regular season should meet the requirements of having played more than 34 games and the team's regular season record ranking in the top 12, which many players meet. The most important point is to look at the cumulative contribution value of the player, the calculation method is more complicated, let's take a look at the detailed calculation formula.
Calculation formula: Cumulative contribution value = (BPM-(-5)) X (cumulative playing time of the player / cumulative total game time played by the player's team in the season) X (the number of games played by the player's team in the season / the total number of regular season games). BPM refers to the positive or negative value that a player brings to the team per 100 rounds when he is on the field.
This formula is more complicated and involves the cumulative minutes played by the players, as well as the plus/minus per 100 rounds, etc. According to this formula, the contribution value of Abdusalam is 6.82, Zhao Jiwei's contribution value is 6.56, Hu Jinqiu's contribution value is 6.27, Sun Minghui's contribution value is 5.8, ranking fourth, and Zhang Zhenlin, who ranks fifth, has a contribution value of 5.66. At the same time, it is necessary to comprehensively consider the team's regular season record, Liaoning is the first, Xinjiang is the second, then the MVP selection is likely to be chosen from Abudu Salamu and Zhao Jiwei, and in the end, Abdu Salamu beat Zhao Jiwei and others to win the MVP. As for Sun Minghui, although his appearances were enough for the selection criteria, his contribution value was too low, and the team's record was not good, so he failed to win the regular season MVP.
First of all, the Xinjiang team couldn't make it to the playoffs in the first two seasons, and this season under the leadership of Abdul Salamu he played the second record in the regular season, which has shown his strength. Secondly, this season, Abdul Salamu has been in full attendance for 52 regular season games, and Sun Minghui has only played 40 games, which is related to his injury and penalty rule suspension, and it will also be affected. The third league is also considering some balance issues, such as Hu Jinqiu of Guangsha has won the MVP, and if Sun Minghui is given again, a team will be formed, and two MVP players will inevitably break the balance of the league.
In addition, this season, Sun Minghui has won the local scoring champion, as well as the assist king and steal king, and was selected for the best team for a while, which is a reward for his efforts. But the plus/minus and contribution value are hard to see from the simple statistics of points, rebounds, assists, and steals. Players such as Sun Minghui and Zhao Jiwei are among the top defenders in China, and they deserve an MVP honor, but on the whole, the best player of the season is still Abdul Salamu.